Where does “intrenchant” come from?
intrenchant (English) comes from English trenchant, from Old French trenchant, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre.
intrenchant (English): Not to be gashed or marked with furrows
Definitions
- Not to be gashed or marked with furrows
Ancestry of “intrenchant”, step by step
intrenchant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trenchant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trenchant | Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp; Keen;... |
| 2 | Old French | trenchant | sharp; razor sharp; present participle of... |
| 3 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 5 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 6 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 7 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 8 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 9 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |